Brugge and the North Sea Coast Places

Brugge
Brugge has tangled streets, narrow canals, handsome squares, and old gabled buildings that were such a powerful magnet more than a century ago. Its limits now incorporate the port of Zeebrugge, and it is... (more)
Damme
A quiet agricultural village with a population of about 10,000 Flemings, Damme lies in a peaceful polder landscape of waving fields and far horizons. Walking its streets today feels much as it would have... (more)
Knokke-Heist
Knokke-Heist (which includes five beach resorts—Knokke, Heist, Alberstrand, Het Zoute, and Duinbergen) is an area of dunes and sea, purple wildflowers and groomed golf courses. Heist, Alberstand... (more)
Koksijde
Koksijde and Sint-Idesbald are small resorts, separated by a few kilometers, that offer more than beach life. Koksijde has the highest dune on the coast, the Hoge Blekker, 108 feet high.... (more)
Oostende
A transportation and fishing center and an old-fashioned, slightly raffish resort, Oostende (pronounced ohstender in Flemish), otherwise known as Ostend in English and Ostende in French, leads a double... (more)

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